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Happy World Card Making Day! Did you make a card today? I did and hopefully I’ll make another one later tonight as I need to come up with one for the Lonestar Shoebox Swap I’m doing with my friend Lori next Saturday.

This card is for my dear friend Kristy. Her birthday isn’t until next Saturday, but we celebrated at dinner tonight. I used the sketch for Just Us Girls Challenge #104. And actually because I liked the sketch so much and the blossom I made ended up being so big, this card is actually 5.5×8.5 instead of the traditional A2 or 4.25×5.5 card. I used dimensionals under the center of each petal to make it three dimensional.

Kristy's Birthday Card

Stamps: Stampin’ Up Build a Blossom, On Your Birthday
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black
Patterned Paper: Stampin’ Up Sweet Pea
Ink: Stampin’ Up Real Red; Stazon Jet Black
Embellishments: Stampin’ Up 5/8-in black grosgrain ribbon; The Twinery Maraschino twine; Papertrey Ink Holiday Mix Vintage button
Tools: Stampin’ Up blossoms petals punch, scallop border punch, eyelet border punch

Have a fabulous day!

Jessica starts Mother’s Day Out at Abiding Love Lutheran Church on Tuesday, so I wanted to make each of the two teachers a card for the first day of class. I started these cards at Lori’s on Sunday, but finished them up Thursday after going to the MDO’s Open House and meeting Jessica’s teachers. I had wanted to add glossy accents to the apples, but alas I haven’t unearthed it from my boxes of craft supplies that I’ve already unpacked from moving.

I used Jen del Muro’s August Sketch for You to Try, which was so fun.

August Sketch for You to Try

I’m also entering these cards in the Your Next Stamp Challenge #49, which was to use fruit as inspiration.

Card for Ms. Karen

Card for Ms. Lacy

Stamps: Meljen’s Designs Little Apple Worm
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Very Vanilla, Real Red, Old Olive
Patterned Paper: Stampin’ Up Summer Picnic
Ink: Dell printer
Embellishments: Stampin’ Up Real Red brads; olive brads from unknown mfg
Markers: Stampin’ Up Real Red, Old Olive, Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip; atYou Spica Red, Black
Fonts: Kids

I also hope to put together a little first survival kit for Jessica’s teachers. If I do, I’ll be sure to share it as well.

Have a fabulous day!

Yesterday afternoon, I went over to my friend Lori‘s to stamp. We try to get together once a month or so. I worked on three cards while there and will share one of them today. I need to add some finishing touches to the other two before I can share them. I actually added the finishing touch, the strawberry embellishment, to this card today. I made the strawberry embellishment out of some red felt and black and green embroidery floss. I wish I had some green felt to use for the leaves instead of the floss, but alas I did not. I think I might have made it a tad big, but oh well.

The sketch is The Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge #122, which also added a spin of fabulous fibers. I think my felt strawberry counts as fabulous fibers. I’m also entering this card in the Hambo Hoedown Challenge #29 to use scoring. I scored the blue circle panel with a graph paper like look; although the cross scores are faint in the picture. In addition, there is the Simon Says Stamp Challenge to make a food & drink creation, which I think strawberries count as edible, except to maybe those poor people who are allergic to strawberries. One last challenge: Stamp Something‘s challenge this week is something to say thank you.

Thank You 'Berry' Much! Card

Stamps: Hambo Stamps Strawberry Kid
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Very Vanilla, Real Red, Tempting Turquoise
Patterned Paper: Stampin’ Up Play Date
Ink: Dell printer
Embellishments: Stampin’ Up 3/4″ Real Red polka dot grosgrain ribbon; homemade felt strawberry
Markers: Stampin’ Up Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Old Olive
Tools: Scor-pal; Nestabilities Standard Small & Large Circles

Special thanks to Lori for letting me mooch patterned paper and ribbon.

Have a fabulous day!

My friend Adriana’s son recently graduated from high school. He will be starting at A&M in a few weeks and I am sending him off with something every college student needs. To go with the gift, I wanted to make a card that truly reflected his chosen college. That includes this vintage image of A&M from ClipArt Etc. I also included the state of Texas seal. I used Jen del Muro’s July Sketch for You to Try, but I turned the sketch on its side. On the inside I stamped “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.” I’m really happy with how this card turned out.

July Sketch for You to Try

Josh's Graduation Card

Stamps: ClipArt Etc 57965_tx_seal_lg and txagri_30446_lg; Stampin’ Up sentiments (both inside and outside)
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Very Vanilla, Basic Gray, Bravo Burgundy
Ink: Dell printer;
Embellishments: silver cord; silver brad
Tools: Stampin’ Up small oval, star, corner rounder and 1.5″ circle punches; Stampin’ Up embossing folder

Special thanks to Lori for letting me mooch cardstock, a brad and some silver cording while stamping at her place last week.

Have a fabulous day!

My good friend Justin had his 30th birthday this month. Unfortunately, things have been a little hectic around here and I did not keep my promise to have his birthday card waiting in the mailbox when he got back from his trip to Vegas to celebrate. Hopefully, he forgives me, but I’m sure I’ll get some good natured ribbing from him.

Justin’s favorite color is green, so I decided to use that. He likes a bit more of a hunter green, but I thought the striped paper was so perfect so I went with the more olive green. I used Jen del Muro’s March Sketch for You to Try. I love playing along with her sketches. I’m also entering this card in the Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #104 to make a no kids allowed birthday card.

Justin's Birthday Card

Stamps: Motivet Hedgehog with Balloons; Stampin’ Up On Your Birthday
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue
Designer Paper: Stampin’ Up Summer Picnic
Ink: Stazon Jet Black
Embellishments: green brads; Inkessentials Glossy Accents (on balloons); dimensionals
Tools: Cuttlebug Just My Type border embossing folders; Prismacolor colored pencils

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day.